The main dish is plain boiled red rice, served along with other dishes collectively called Kootu which include curries like parippu, sambar, rasam, pulisseri and other like kaalan, avial, thoran, olan, pachadi, kichadi, koottukari, erissery, mango pickle, pulinji, naranga achaar (lime pickle), as well as papadam, plantain chips, sharkara upperi, banana, plain curd and buttermilk.